As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

1939年二战爆发，为打击英国的贸易航线，德意志帝国战争海军在战争爆发之前的8月份就派出了三艘德意志级袖珍战列舰前往大西洋。相比英军战列舰，德意志级航速更快可以逃脱；相比英军巡洋舰，德意志级装甲和火力更为强大。“斯佩伯爵海军上将”号就是德意志级中最先进的一艘，从1939年8月到11月活跃于印度洋和大西洋的盟国航线之上。由于英国仅有的三艘战列巡洋舰需要布置在本土密切注意德国沙恩霍斯特级战列舰，猎杀德意志级的任务只能交给巡洋舰们。1939年12月13日，轻巡洋舰“阿贾克斯”号、“阿基里斯”号和重巡洋舰“埃克塞特”号在南美拉普拉塔河口发现了“斯佩伯爵”，一番追击战过后，“斯佩伯爵”耗光了自己的弹药，躲进中立国乌拉圭的蒙得维的亚港。乌拉圭政府极力避免卷入战争，留给“斯佩伯爵”的时间只有72小时，她和她的舰员将会面临怎样的命运？

1946 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her affections by the dastardly Dapertutto. Lastly, a magic spell claims the life of his final lover.

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

1948 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.